A tale of two COPs and one planetary problem
A worsening climate and the destruction of Nature are connected but treated separately at parallel global events that dialog very little with each other, hindering an effective response to the world’s polycrisis
‘You see people’s lives in the debris’
Environmentalist Leonardo da Costa visits Rio Grande do Sul’s largest temporary landfill, where thousands of belongings lost to flooding were sent
Novo Progresso: the worst of the worst for Amazon deforestation
In the town that led Brazil’s infamous Fire Day, land thieves flex their muscles and set the tone for the next elections, pressuring Congress, the Judiciary, and the Lula administration to sever and privatize a chunk of Jamanxim National Forest twice the area of São Paulo city
‘Seeing our house, our work, go underwater. Here, it was a life saver‘
Liziane Dutra’s family lost everything to flooding in Rio Grande do Sul and went to live in a building occupied by unhoused people. Now, they may be evicted
‘When the water rose, we didn’t think it would be that serious. Seeing the Market closed is truly sad’
Caroline Kader’s family has worked in Porto Alegre’s Mercado Público for four generations and is, for the second time, experiencing loss from a major flood
